pics of butchery in progress, and quick question.

before:

After:

Now how much resin would you use on each of those patches, including a 2" lap all around?

I am very low on resin, but I think I can pull it off… Although I might have to use the last of my epoxy to do one of them.

Shwuz:

Better have 1.5 qt. on hand for the lam and hotcoat to be safe. Not likely to be heading your way this weekend but pm me. (I need to swing in Dockside for a wetsuit, soon) I’ll loan you a quart of SunCure if you are short.

tomas

Looks good. I think you’re doing just fine.

Hi Jarrod !

not the resin answer , (sounds like you got that already?) , but …

the usual ben question, "dimensions " … What are they please, and what fin setup are you going to use on this one ? Would you consider a back fin box option, so it could be a single fin stinger, when you remove the front fcs’s ? Or, is the tail too thin to put in a fins unlimited box ?

[I WAS wondering what you had been up to lately…

cheers mate !

ben

You’ll need a quart of lam, and a quart of sanding to do the whole thing. From what I can see thats the most astonishing board transformation I’ve seen, turning a gun into a Mako shape, nicely done. How are you going to blend the rails???

-Jay

Hey chip!

This is a project board for a buddy in mexico. He wanted a cheap used board, but had very specific dimensions in mind. I got tired of looking on the used board racks, so I just decided to cut up this gun. So, I have to accomadate his desires, which include gag FCS fins.

Oh well. It’ll be a plain-jane tri fin.

6’ 19.5 2 5/8 Not sure about nose and tail yet, will measure tomorrow.

Thanks Tomas for the offer, but I think I just have it covered. I wound up using 22 oz of poly resin for a single layer of 4oz on top and bottom of nose and hotcoat. I did the tail patch in epoxy, 4x4x6, and used 10 oz of resin. It just needs hotcoat on the tail and a leash loop. I did three different resin tints on the three patches, two swirls. each of them is art in and of itself, but together they make up the worlds ugliest surfboard. I’m actually kind of proud of it. :slight_smile:

Resinhead, foiling the rails was actually pretty easy. I just cut my new outline with a jig saw, then peeled the glass back to show about 2" of original rail foam, then foiled the nose, added just a little nose flip, and blended all the rail curves.

Here is what I hope to accomplish with that shape. Since the bulk of the rails are from the outline and foil of a 7’6" gun, I’m hoping it will handle overhead surf. By cutting off the tail, pulling it in, and adding the bumps, I’m hoping it will respond something like a “real” 6’ board. The blunt nose is totally psychological. My buddy wanted something 5’10" to 6’, he thinks anything longer shows weakness.

I’ll post pictures tomorrow.

seeing as the only “dumb” question is the one which isn’t asked:

would you give some information (tools/techniques) on how you seemed to get such a precise removal of the glass over the “new” foam sections.

did you just cut off with the jigsaw and plop in some new foam?..or did you cut an outline and strip back to it?..or what?

whatever method, it looks very clean.

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seeing as the only “dumb” question is the one which isn’t asked:

would you give some information (tools/techniques) on how you seemed to get such a precise removal of the glass over the “new” foam sections.

did you just cut off with the jigsaw and plop in some new foam?..or did you cut an outline and strip back to it?..or what?

whatever method, it looks very clean.

No, I didn’t actually install new foam, I just cut out my outline and stripped the foam back from there. Then I shaped the newly exposed foam into a blended shape. To cut the glass and get the curves on the deck I just traced one of my templates with a utility knife. It was 4+4oz on deck, and 4 on bottom, so it was pretty easy to cut. I cut away the glass from the rails to about 2" back from where my jigsaw entered the outline.

The different lams don’t really go together on this board… What can I say? I started with the dark blue transparent on the bottom, but it REALLY showed the imperfections (many) in the blank. So, when I did the deck, I decided to hit it up with a bitchin’ splash. It turned out cool, but the cutlap got screwed up, and looks really wrong on the bottom as it laps over the transparent blue. for the tail patch, this was my first attempt to do a tint/splash using epoxy. It is a cool design too, but it really doesn’t match very well with the nose section.

Oh well, it is a cheap board for a buddy, and it’s watertight at least. Plus, with the 3 layers of glass epoxied in to the tail patch, it should last a while… I just hope the damn thing rides!

Photos: (haven’t pulled the tape from the hotcoat yet)

Oh, and I’m putting the fins Center:3.5 from tail, sides 1.25 from rail, 11.5 from tail, .25 toe in… Sound about right?